North China - The Untold Story

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Northern China was always an enigma to me. Yes, I lived in Inner Mongolia, but I had missed out on all of north eastern China. A few years ago, my wife and I decided to explore some of the lesser traveled areas. White Russian Chinese citizens, North Korean hostesses, naked old men living on river islands, Mongolian sheep herders in the sunset. We saw it all. Today, I tell that story.
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[@laowhy86]

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[@wupeide]

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[@Laurilue13]

laowhy86 I'm running off to contribute now 👍🏻

[@Laurilue13]

laowhy86 PS: You should get one of the US Vape companies like Drip Club, Giant Vapes, Vape Authority, etc. to be a sponsor and send you cool mods! I bet they would. They send them to KZbin vape reviewers all the time! (Yeah, I vape too. Can you tell?)

[@laowhy86]

Thank you so much!!!!

[@laowhy86]

You are probably right! Good idea! :)

[@saarland2china]

I LOVED THE GERMAN BEER FESTIVAL IN HARBIN! I am a German guy living in Harbin, and I'm loving it. Dongbei food is amazing, we have huge dishes, and don't spend more than 40 RMB per evening. 我是德国人住在哈尔滨，也有一些视频。东北菜特别吃！

[@weijiefu9028]

Saarland 2 China hi i am from harbin and live in Deutschland！ how are you there？

[@lichitv1164]

cheers for you, you miss a word though, “好“。。。特别好吃。 XD

[@saarland2china]

谢谢你！

[@dendrobatus814]

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[@whowhatwhy7625]

thank you for the positive comments on my hometown, after watch all the negative propaganda video on KZbin is really nice to see comments like yours

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ADVChina was here

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[@fusanosuketakahashi9316]

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[@hansolo6751]

please support them. i found the 22 dollar pledge is a good deal

[@laowhy86]

Thanks Han! May the force be with you.

[@Wysiwyg43]

Yeah. Han Chinese . . . Nyuk, nyuk, nyuk!

[@davidlp6510]

WOW I really liked this video. Most of your videos are really good but this one actually made me curious about Northern China.

[@laowhy86]

Thanks!!!

[@aardvark1956]

LOVED your narration ‼️‼️I’m intrigued by the same things you are-the people, their history, homes, jobs, clothes, crafts, food, beliefs, education...Thanks for the glimpse of it!

[@LaoWhy469Productions]

You guys are living the life I have dreamt about. the wife is Russian and I have Chinese friends so to see a melding of those worlds in person would be simply amazing! Good on you!

[@laowhy86]

Thanks, Adam!

[@ktm10593]

Vivi should start a daily vlog channel of what her and the baby are always doing I love love seeing them especially watching her try new food lmao

[@laowhy86]

She's putting up a new video tomorrow.

[@namle-br8ju]

it is amazing "untold story". Thanks and want to hear more ...

[@R700Sparkles]

I think you should do a TED talk about being an expat in China, as well as debunking common misconceptions about China!

[@laowhy86]

I'd love to if they hosted me

[@transsylvanian9100]

TED sucks balls. A bunch of pretentious pseudo-intellectual nonsense.

[@emmanuela.2932]

He doesn't need that disgraceful company to make his voice heard. Contact a good independent producer, go to a mall or something, and that's it. Famous gamer youtubers do that.

[@emmanuela.2932]

He doesn't need that disgraceful company to make his voice heard. Contact a good independent producer, go to a mall or something, and that's it. Famous gamer youtubers do that.

[@dracowar6]

Also their whole spiel got weird over the last 5-6 years or so, with a lot of social programming going on at their events, with some "cultish" vibes.

[@happyd9733]

I've watched those old videos that you seem don't seem very proud of twice now. You're showing people around the world things that we otherwise wouldn't ever see. You should be proud dude!!!

[@laowhy86]

Thank you so much for that!

[@happyd9733]

No, thank you. I'll be arriving in China in 4 weeks and you, Winston and numerous other youtubers have prepared me really well. I didn't even know that I needed to be prepared. You guys have smartened me up a lot. I wonder if you guys actually realise what a great service you're providing in cultural education. So yeah.... Thank you for helping me so much

[@chrissmithson9489]

Yes a big difference between the North and south of China. My wife is from Aksu but lives and works in Urumqi. The big thing for her was going to Sanya and we lived in Zhuhie for 14 weeks. Went to Macau and Hong Kong. She had never seen most of what we visited in the south. She loved the dolphins and anything at the ocean. I spent 6 months in Urumqi seeing a lot of what is the north and west but this was when some bombing was going on. Two suicide bombers blew themselves up 2 hours after out train had left the station in Urumqi. I was there when the SUVs blew up at the market but, very safe now with all the extra police and army in the city. Would like to say I enjoy your videos.

[@bobzsq]

Not just about North and South. China is like Europe without immigrants.

[@chrissmithson9489]

Yes I am aware of other attacks but my statement was in reference to Urumqi. Their are still ongoing attacks in outlying towns in Western China also I am sorry if you took my statement as including all of the western province of Xinjiang. I would not want anyone reading this to think they could wander about the whole region without protection

[@lvyuanzi]

I have seen a lot of your comments on the Guardian haha.

[@xiangruyin7604]

I lived in Urumqi for 16years before I went to shenzhen.Now I am studying in England. It is probbably the safest place in china now because the petrol in city. Bwt, is the underground construction finished? I messed up the city traffic for years now.😂

[@reesespeanut4778]

Taichi Winchester and have you ever thought about why these "terrorist attacks" happen? because the Uyghurs are being oppressed.

[@americaneclectic]

My Chinese godson got his PhD at the Technology University in Dalian. My husband's family were on a collective farm way out in the boondocks of Liaoning province during the Cultural revolution; my father in law taught engineering when he was sent back to Shenyang!

[@chasetonga]

I visited the Soviet Union in 1989. Went to Moscow and Leningrad, then Tajikistan, Uzbekistan, and Kazakhstan. It was amazing and sort of scary at the same time.

[@laowhy86]

I'd love to hear the story

[@chasetonga]

laowhy86 Would you believe me if I told you it was a field trip my senior year in high school? Our English/history teacher took a group of eight of us. This was the end of the Cold War so it was a little scary. Moscow and Leningrad were beautiful! We went to the Bolshoi Ballet, Lenin's Tomb, St. Basil's Cathedral and saw the Faberge eggs. That was just some what we saw. Then we flew on scary Aeroflot airplanes that sounded like they were held together by string. We went to the towns of Samarkand, Dushanbe, Tashkent, Almaty, and probably some others I can't remember. We were underage so of course we got drunk on vodka. The teacher kept to her room at night. We didn't dare leave the hotel though. The people in the eastern part were so different, a mix of Russian, Persian, and Chinese, and there were Christian and Muslim. I wish I could go back and pay a little more attention to the history and mix of cultures. Wish I had the technology we have now to record it all.

[@jjkosinski]

Highschool? What highschool, what country r u from? You r very brave. I heard from my european friends that right after soviet collapse, the local people ( or gangsters?) would kill another person for $50, no questions asked.

[@laowhy86]

That is absolutely amazing! I am so jealous. What an amazing teacher to be able to sort that out. Oh the videos you could have made.

[@chasetonga]

John Kosinski I went to a college prep k-12 school in Racine, Wisconsin, US. It is called The Prairie School. I had gone to public school until then. I was not one of the wealthy kids. My parents put off things they wanted to do so I could go there. I'm 45 now and still appreciate what they did for me.

[@jordbalboa437]

I'm Glad you enjoyed Shenyang! I go there 2-3 times a year to see my partners family. Did you get to see Beiling park? There are some amazing places in Liaoning. And yes there are sausages everywhere! The very first time i went to shenyang my misses got me a hotel to spend a few nights in.. on the little writing table your always get in hotels there was a load of processed sausages with boxes of condoms next to them. haha was pretty funny... and odd!!

[@adenbuford7396]

Absolutely fascinating. Thank you for all your efforts.

[@laowhy86]

+Aden Buford thank you!!!

[@miniwizard]

I spent about 10 years living in Dalian - really miss it. Fantastic city, great weather, lovely people. Never had any taxi problems (other than trying to find an empty one at rush hour), though they would occasionally slow down and ask if other people who were hailing a taxi were also heading in the same direction - thus getting two fares for the same journey.

[@KHHBBC]

Fascinating, so much of what you said was new to me. The outside world really knows very little about China.

[@wupeide]

Yeah - I gotta say - it's fascinating to hear you guys talk about the things I take for granted having lived in the NE for 8 years.

[@chasetonga]

That is so weird to see Chinese, Russian, and English on the store signs together.

[@laowhy86]

I know, right!?

[@chasetonga]

laowhy86 Yes, since historically we have all been enemies or at least suspicious of each other. Still are I guess, the governments anyway. I'm sure the people would get along just fine.

[@chasetonga]

iFoRMaTioN1 Why are you laughing your arrogant ass off and shaking your head? Because I said that I would hope people would get along or that our governments historically have been suspicious of each other?

[@christinem4266]

If you go to Eastern region in Shandong province, you will see signs of Chinese, Korean, English and even Japanese.

[@Nixbizy]

Totally hyped for this Conquering Northern China to come out. Can not wait. Good luck man.

[@laowhy86]

Thank you Nick!

[@ZachMikeMoller]

I started watching your videos because you had a good discussion of Chinese languages/dialects. I stayed because you provide a lot interesting - for me, at least - information about China. I have lived for more than 25 years on Russia. I am now studying Korean, and I may even move there. At this time, though, my wife and I visit from time to time. All that to say, I will be very much looking forward to what you show of the border with North Korea and Russia. In particular, anything that might be of interest in connection with the Korean War, both from the Soviet and from the Chinese side. (And yes, I have pledged. Do not tell my son.) If you hadn't guessed, I like the videos that you and Winston put out. I find your comments on being married to a Chinese woman interesting. I am married to a Russia (nearly 26 years) and I find the subject of inter-cultural marriages fascinating. Your daughter is cute; nearly as much as my own was, at that time (now she is 25). I wish you both the best on this venture.

[@laowhy86]

Thank you!

[@kenholmes3063]

Great show mate. I lived in Heilongjiang for 2 years 2009/2010 so I related to so much of it. Dog meat is really common in almost all Korean BBQ places. Even at Korean BBQ in Kazakhstan they serve dog.If you can go to Hutou Shan on the Wusuli river in the far N/E corner. I rode there with another Aussie workmate and we discovered the place where the Japanese had installed a 16 inch gun. It was also a place where the last fighting of the second world war took place against the Japanese. The mountain is riddled with tunnels. We explored some of them with torches and some of the original tunnel system has been restored as a museum in the town. If you ride to Changbai Shan you won't be dissapointed either. Heaps of good local motorcycle riders up North, very hospitable.

[@TalesFromThailand]

Quite easily one of the most interesting videos you've made, thanks for sharing mate.

[@laowhy86]

Thanks so much for this.

[@RussellChapman99]

Thank you for a fascinating video. You really make me want to visit northern China. What an amazing mix of cultures and landscape.

[@bethroesch2156]

I had no idea that China was so different from one area to another. I would love to see the grass lands

[@javierpanadero2060]

I like that, "I had no idea." That's a part of why this video is so excellent. I had to learn (and I forgot) Russian language as part of my study into Russian physics in graduate work and I thought I had a good idea of Russian history. This video opens up impressions and ideas about China that I did not have a clue about. Great stuff, talk about an eye-opening view of China!

[@christinem4266]

@sneksnekitsasnek I feel like the general foreigners’ stereotypes about China are always about Southern China. Northern and Western China and its culture never get to be represented enough. As a Northern Chinese I feel sad.

[@DrinkingStar]

Very interesting and informative video about things I also want to know. Thanks. I have a few friends in northern China in Jilin province. One of my friends lives in Longjing. My friend's ancestry is Korean but considers herself Chinese.

[@wbwilhite]

For a guy who doesn't want to get into history, the bit you did about Russian-Chinese was some interesting history that I didn't know. Tidbits like that keep your perspective and experience interesting and entertaining. I bought the Southern Conquest series, and I will likely buy the Northern Conquest too. So be bold, be crazy, ask a lot a questions, and go for the gold when it comes to reportage. Whatever you do, don't be boring.

[@laowhy86]

Thanks man, you bet!

[@MoondeMoni]

I look forward to your adventures in the North! I myself have only ventured a little bit in Jilin Province. I teach at Jilin Medical College in Jilin City in the summer. Love your stories!

[@WhalePolarizer]

Hey Matthew I want to say thank you to you and Winston that you made this series and visited the russian minority group in the far north of China. My family and I felt very touched by it because our ukrainian ancestors lived there too. They even founded the first hospital in Harbin! It was a private hospital at that time. That was almost 100 years ago. You showed me how interesting this place is and gave me a quick but very detailed glance at it. I hopefully will visit that area because my university wants me to go a whole year to China. I am studying Chinese righ now. With best wishes, your russian-german-ukrainian comrade!!!

[@graemecarr4325]

Welcome to Shenyang! thanks for the positive comments, not many people have positive things to say about here but Shenyang people are very friendly and welcoming, food is very cheap compared to southern Chinese cities even Beijing.

[@krl_xants]

Really excited for the border/cross cultural content

[@tommyhatfield2882]

I am looking forward to seeing more of Northern China. I love seeing the adventures you and Winston go on. Thanks for sharing it with us.

[@jojo94101]

Northern China was so awesome when I was there, the portions of food up there are insane!

[@laowhy86]

I know, right!!!

[@merinsan]

Harbin is one of the places I really want to visit, especially in winter for the ice sculptures. Now I need to add Dalian to the list!

[@bangheaddie886]

I'm from Changchun and Northern China is indeed very interesting.. it has a mix of Russian, Japanese, Korean, Manchurian cultures.. I definitely recommend everyone to visit it one day!

[@keltiqrennee]

you always show some sort of scenery...because it the beautiful mountains towns and people...thank you!!! I will never be able to afford to go to see all of that beauty... Thank you for giving me a glimpse...

[@laowhy86]

You are welcome. Thanks for watching!

[@russellsolomon6138]

Harbin sounds a lot like Kazakhstan. Asians but with a strong Russian influence. I knew a guy who lived in Harbin and he said it reminded him of Astana, Kazakhstan because they had ice sculptures too.

[@Claytone-Records]

Very enjoyable video. Good to see the cultural differences. Very descriptive. Amazing that people still have little regard for other animals who share the planet with us. Great job. I think this is one of your best vlogs.

[@stephenhunter6507]

Great story! And this is why I live in the Northeast of China!

[@liuedward9803]

Hey man, come to north during WINTER!!!! As a guy form Harbin, I strongly recom this! All the fun stuff in North is in Winter (except your motorbicks are not gonna work)

[@KevCo95]

Planning on donate soon enough for that signed poster! Best of luck on the kickstarter!

[@laowhy86]

You got it! thanks!

[@ivankraskovic452]

I am excited about your guys new Northern China ADV series show. I will support you on Kickstarter, because I love what you guys doing. From my perspective your show is showing interesting parts of China seen by ordinary people like we are - your followers. There is no BS that mass media usually wrap and present on such a humble and nice way so that everybody like it. There is no perfect country on the Earth and so some critics are great because they can only make this people listen and try to eventually improve and change what is wrong. Good luck.

[@yejia0217]

You are such an excellent story tell C-Milk! BTW It is true that the people in Manchuria are leading a very different live style compared to people ling inside Shanhaiguan Pass(關內), as they consider Manchuria as Outside Shanhaiguan Pass(關外).

[@laowhy86]

+yejia0217 thank you! Very cool to know!

[@saarland2china]

Changchun is also famous for Volkswagen. Many Germany are working there.

[@ruanpingshan]

Did he go to Changchun?

[@laowhy86]

Yeah, it's on video too

[@delidel66]

Really enjoying your videos. I've traveled to Beijing while traveling to yanji and hunchun (Jilin province), I actually married a hunchun girl and brought her to the states 10 years ago. Your wife and daughter are precious and I'm thankful for some videos she has done. After all the years (plus 2children), it's been a long battle learning and understanding her culture and why she acts and reacts to things, your wife has helped me a lot with that recently by listening to her reactions and opinions on the difference between our worlds. Wanted to correct you, I have been desiring to travel to harbin (dalian as well), and you stated they were in a different province but harbin is in Jilin province. Maybe, next time we spend some time at our apartment in Hunchun, we can invite you up to experience more off Jilin province and it is both a border town of Russia and North Korea! They are great people there! Take care.

[@Supergecko8]

Btw agree, get back to the Chinese-Russians very interesting story

[@laowhy86]

Will do!

[@erixxnamjam]

i never really comment on channels, but you have no idea how excited I am for this series! So excited that i've donated :) I've been watching you and SerpentZA's videos for the past week, and I love them! As a ABC person (Australian born Chinese) I feel as though I'm missing out on a lot of my culture due to a lack of opportunity to go back to where my ancestors were. So being able to experience your experiences is going to be so exciting!

[@laowhy86]

+erixxnamjam thank you!!!!

[@notimeforusernames8256]

If you are going to Shenyang again, there are huge Korean population over there Xita 西塔 is the second large Korean town in the world, and there are also several North Korea government ruled restaurants, and 七宝山 is the biggest one in China, I just not sure whether they're still open under the sanctions, and in northeastern China, dog meat is sth you can find in Korean restaurants. Dandong is the biggest border city between North Korea and China, which economy has been affected by the sanctions. Also, Yanbian Korean Autonomous Prefecture, Jilin Province, is a place very interesting to visit, a great number of people can only speak Korean. If you are looking for a diverse northeastern culture experience, Korean Chinese culture is quite important in both Liaoning and Jilin Province, in Heilongjiang is Russia influence.

[@dvf1736]

As someone who spent a good portion of their childhood in Dalian, I'm glad to see you finally do a video on it. Though we never were part of the Soviet Union, our city was very involved in Russian projects in both the Tsarist and Soviet eras. Your tone in descriptions of our northern cities like Shenyang sounds like my first few trips down south to Guangzhou and Shenzhen. China is so radically different from area to area. I'm glad you visited Harbin, I'd probably call it the crown jewel of northern China.

[@purppindicular]

Hello from Canada omfg Olivia is so cute

[@laowhy86]

She is!

[@edgarsandoval289]

I can't wait to see the final result. I saw the videos you uploaded a while back in the grasslands and its really something that ive always wanted to see. Just endless grasslands on rolling hills, it just sounds so peaceful and beautiful.

[@laowhy86]

Thanks Edgar!

[@winnielly6280]

I am Korean ethnic Chinese n my hometown is in northern but I grown up in Beijing. ^^ Maybe I can tell some cultural things about my ethnic that I know and experienced

[@laowhy86]

Please do! Fantastic!

[@mattma6032]

my mom's mom which is my grandmother from Ben Xi is the same place u from?a lot Chinese Kimchi there^^,i bet i have Kimchi DNA too. my grandfather from Dong Gang(Dan Dong).my father side i been told from west China ,maybe Hui people,not so sure.both my parents born in Tai Yuan, Shan Xi.

[@Oldwolf63]

Please do

[@russellmayers5966]

my wife is also from Tai Yuan

[@DanWYi]

Visited Yanji two years ago. It was very eye opening as a Korean-American, to learn about the ethnic Koreans living in northeast China.

[@kshred3043]

What ? You are going to Harbin in the summer time ? Man up and do it in the winter ! Walk the river. Film dozens of Siberian Tigers huddled together in a pile to stay warm. My three Minnesota winters were woeful preparation for those December temperatures…..

[@laowhy86]

haha maybe next time!

[@larry76]

Awesome videos. Will definitely be contributing to new show. Glad to see you enjoyed Harbin. It's been my home for 6.5 years now.

[@nscottoless5944]

I went to Dalian, I'm Australian they either thought I was Russian or an american spy unless they knew me :D

[@feokoch389]

Your videos are interesting good stuff , I’m of Russian ancestry and speak mandarin fluently , speak a bit of Russian and my family is from north China . But Australian born .

[@Uradamus]

You guys should totally go visit 404 - the formerly secret and now abandoned city in the Gobi Desert. It was a place where China used to conduct some of their nuclear program R&D from the '50s up to a bit over a decade ago when most of the residents were relocated. On a different note; there's a ski resort near where I live that had a set of those luge cart rides as part of their summer attractions, they were so much fun to ride back when I was a kid and my father's company would do their summer outings at that place. They also had a small water park as well, but my favorite was always riding the ski lift up the mountain to ride the carts.

[@yiliali4947]

Better no.even they go there.chinese government will not allow. They may have terrible if they go

[@eoghanw1]

those old men know what's up

[@laowhy86]

or in their case, what's down... hanging low.

[@valde2707]

Good luck with your Conquering Northern China!!! It will be interesting!

[@nubemuffin]

Actually, I thought that northern china video was awesome! before I watched that video years ago, I never would have thought that there were ethnic russians born and raised in China.

[@laowhy86]

Thanks man!

[@fernandovalley9229]

Such a nice video! As a Chinese who traveled around the world quite often you sparked my curiosity to learn and travel more around China

[@saarland2china]

LAOWHY86, don't forget to eat 锅包肉。

[@qilorar]

Wow, that was so interesting, so mutch that I would love to visit these areas myself :)

[@laowhy86]

Thanks!

[@bobzsq]

东北人(Northeasterners) are like Russians with more smiles.

[@laowhy86]

spot on

[@numgun]

That reference to the windows XP background made me genuine laugh my ass off. I would never had expected anyone to use that as a reference to anything, but hey here we are. That was hilarious. Love this entire video thoroughly, these story videos are breathtaking for me.

[@laowhy86]

hahaha thanks so much!

[@Zactroller]

u make amazing videos

[@laowhy86]

Thanks!

[@yaminogame7805]

I like your stories. Your daughter is in for a treat her dad is a good storyteller.

[@laowhy86]

Thank you Yami!

[@xciner]

Lol you showed speaking Russian so funny.

[@laowhy86]

haha sorry!

[@pvtsammich]

Glad I backed the project can't wait to see your adventure. You are doing the things I wish I had done when I was younger.

[@laowhy86]

Thanks Adam!

[@Hiddensworduw]

Hi cmilk, good introduction about the other part of china. 1:46 Dalian was a beautiful and peaceful city before the Japanese army came in WW2. The Japanese soldiers killed the local chinese and destroyed the city. Those who survived the attack suffered terrible fates during the few years japanese troops occupied the northeastern regions of china. Some Dalian people were sent to nearby mines and were worked to death. The coals and other minerals were sent back to japan from china to fuel their wars. Some Dalian people were sent to concentration camps where the japanese military personnel conducted live human experiences on them. google 731 you'll see. So your "Dalian used to be I guess apart of Japan and also a part of Russia at one point." could be misleading and hurtful to Dalian people. Just saying. Cuz Dalian was not apart of japan.

[@laowhy86]

Sorry, I should have worded that better.

[@meowsen3072]

I used to go to school at Dalian for three years, the video got me miss there a lot, anyway, nice video! 老外😂👍

[@holgords]

Already backed you guys on Kickstarter. Found your channel a few months ago and I'm absolutely hooked on it and ADVChina. Cant wait for Conquering Northern China.

[@laowhy86]

+Holly Gordon thank you so much!!!

[@jeremycline9542]

I'm excited to see: Winston trying to fly his drone over the grasslands whilst drunk on fermented mare's milk a special ADV episode...on horseback instead of bikes!! aiding and abetting North Koreans

[@laowhy86]

lol

[@Lee-eb8ze]

VERY EXCITED FOR THIS NEW DOCUMENTARY

[@laowhy86]

+Leviathan 大李 thanks! Me too!

[@dktouring]

It's great that you have visited Dalian, I am going to make videos about this city (and more) in the nearest future. I have been living here for almost 12 years and you can text me when you come here next time, so I can show you around

[@pnuttboi]

I know you're probably moving soon but, I think this is the best video you've ever made

[@穆昱蕊]

Hey C-Milk! Love your stories and videos! Love your family! Wish you the best of luck on your journey to the north. Just a bit I want to point out, those places you mentioned were INVADED by Tsar and Japan in late 19th century and early 20th century, not part of Japan/Russia. China was bullied by many countries at that time. My home Shandong Province was also "rented" to Germany before WWI due to loss of war. After WWI, when they gathered to split the trophies, they didn't choose to give back Jiaodong Peninsula back to China, but to give it to Japan. It was shame. And that history is not so far away. My living grandparents actually grew up under the oppressions from those invaders. I know that you don't want to be political or anything, just offering a bit of history side notes that could probably help you better understand this country.

[@Harry-uq9qd]

he is often political, and it is widely known that those areas were INVADED and that china was bullied, I thought that was a given. Do you think viewers think they just ended up there on invitation? You're not too bright are you?

[@beemo1502]

some of the 'viewers' might conclude- based on what was said in this part of the vid.- that this area was maybe once 'orig.' part of Russia and then was later 'taken over' by China and then 'remained' and/or 'ended up' on the 'Chinese side' of the border (after this border region/area's haphazard 'redistricting' by Stalin and Mao (aft. WWII, i believe), as it was mentioned in the video. Hence, i believe, why the person made the comment, to make it clear that this wasn't the case, i.e. that it's not that China ever 'took this land from Russia' and that, quite the contrary, ethnic Russians were the ones who'd, at some time in the past, 'taken over' (and moved into/settled in) this border area that (apparently) had been part of China, at (from) that time until present

[@nicotje1234]

In this video you told kinda all the points why i'm living in shenyang. Cities like harbin and shenyang are just kind of untouched and sooo friendly. The people are always willing to talk and will never let you down.

[@levant5378]

Just ask Winston about Japan. After living in china for the time you did you will most likely be disappointed with Japan. The old Japan you talk about is long gone. This video is also a great seller on your new project.

[@laowhy86]

He loved it, but yeah, they say never meet your heros

[@japankofun]

How is old Japan long gone ? Kyoto alone is a great starting point for "old Japan", and then drill down further into places like Nara, Kamakura, Yoshinoyama, Koyasan etc. etc. etc. Historically speaking both China and Japan are incredibly fascinating in both similar and very different ways, and far from gone. Unless your angle for "old" is something different ?

[@levant5378]

Sure, if you like replica tourist attractions, hell look at the elevator in Osaka castle. If you want to see the real Japan then you are better off hiring a car or motorcycle and driving off into the sunset in the opposite direction of the largest train station. My angle for old was 3,000 years of history either burned to the ground or knocked down in the wake of post-WWII "progress". Everything else of note has been turned into a tourist attraction. Hell, you had travellers in the 19th century complaining about how the old Japan was disappearing under the Meiji era. But you could always go to the beach and run barefoot along the concrete. Japan is a great country, but it rarely ever lives up to peoples expecftations, especially if they stay for less than 2 weeks. The real gem of Japan is the people and the culture, but that requires time, good character, and knowing the language.

[@japankofun]

Then people CAN hire a car, CAN stay for more than 2 weeks, go and look and the areas I suggested and far beyond. Forget Osaka Castle if the resconstruction is so offensive and go and see the dozen or so original castles that remain. Himeji Castle being the obvious one or Hikone, Matsumoto etc. Even some of the ruins are fantastic to visit, like Nobunaga's Azuchi Castle ruins near Lake Biwa. Any 2 week trip to any place for the first time is generally going to be to the main tourist drawcards. Same goes for people visiting China with little knowledge of what's what and where. The first time I went to China I didn't really know what I was looking at history-wise and some of it was reconstructed too (Badaling) and painfully touristy. Many years later I instead choose to go to somewhere like Dunhuang and see bits of untouched Han Great Wall in the desert, or the Ming Great Wall where it meets the Yellow River in Shanxi and I'm in heaven - that comes with time and knowledge which can also be applied to seeking out the best of Japan's history. Yes China has examples of history older than Japan's still evident and intact but that's not to dismiss Japan's history as "long gone" and assume people will be disappointed - it's a history lovers paradise, I'm deeply into the history of both countries, love both of them, and spent a lot of time in each. My partner's parents home in Japan has kofun (pyramid'esque tombs) dating from China's Tang/pre-Tang dynasty times only a few km away, kofun aren't tourist magnets by any means but if you love history you'll be there for a look. The history is definitely there - some more obvious, some you have to dig deeper, just like in China.

[@levant5378]

Yes but sadly the areas you suggested are the tourist destinations, you sound like you have been in Asia for a long time so I don't know how long it has been since you have been to some of them, but most give off that touristy vibe. I also don't care much for reconstructed castles, or renovated castles. While they do retain some of the aspects of old Japan they themselves fall victim to tourist traps. There are some places where 2 weeks would be good enough to visit the non-touristy locations. Europe is the perfect example of this because what people expect Europe to be can be found in so many different locations in each country that so long as you don't visit a tourist city then you will enjoy it immensely. This can't be said of Asia due to their fascination with demolition. It's as if someone in the past 20 years came along and told them to stop or they won't have any tourism industry so they decided to only protect the big tourist locations, this didn't happen in Europe. Yes I never got to visit a kofun, but I don't see singular places in Japan to be enough to say that its history is still intact. Hell the house I live in is over 100 years old, we have done renovations to it, but If I look out the window I can see my neighbours 100-year-old house with next to nothing changed about its exterior since the day it was built, or the 300-year-old protestant church across a bridge that must be 400-500 years old. Asia does not have the same appreciation for history or preserving the history of your culture beyond specific places, they don't realise that protecting the history of the everyday and the mundane is just as important. It's why people who go to Japan can walk around Himeji castle, yet be more fascinated by the old wooden store they found with noren in the doorway. When you destroy the everyday history, yet keep all the grandiose history, then the everyday is rarer and more fascinating, I don't see why Japanese failed to see this. I guess you were lucky to have your partner to show you the local history of some of Japan. I think that's why our view differs, nothing beats having a local to show you their country.

[@oukhamnahaidaew7433]

You have a keen sense of explorations ,good job laowhy

[@candidpictures]

First!!!!

[@laowhy86]

As it should be.

[@evieamorim]

I lived in Shenyang for 1 year! it was really cool! and most definitely cheap! I also visited Harbin and Dalian while I was there. I was in Harbin for the ice festival

[@hafsasyed6331]

Evelyn Young i’m not sure if i should move to shenyang or Dalian. Can you tell me which is better?

[@ShotgunAFlyboy]

6:00 hahahahaa... last time we were travelling in the rural areas, mom made the mistake of ordering 1 more dish than people. We were soooooooooooo full afterwards!

[@jsf7502]

One of your best videos. Very different and of the beaten path.

[@cricrimaciel]

Dude, that's just amazing!

[@arteedeetoo3144]

You have come a long way my friend and so have I. You have changed my view on China.

[@zhaoli86]

I actually really enjoyed your Dong Bei unedited videos

[@laowhy86]

Thanks!

[@rainmaker1461]

Keep doing your thing C Milk. Enjoying your content.

[@laowhy86]

Thank you Bill!

[@divineangelic2727]

Hi guys great utubes I can't stop watching Totally enthralling hugs

[@ishotacop]

Unfortunately, I can't contribute to the kickstarter. BUT I will try and buy the series once it is release. Good luck with the kickstarter!

[@laowhy86]

Thank you!

[@Tizoc85]

Can't wait for the Northern China Journey. May the luck of the Irish be with you and your food be magically delicious!

[@archlinuxrussian]

Nice Russian impression ;) haha. I definitely want to visit Dalian and general Liaoning someday. I believe the story is that Dalian was either part of or near a port called Port Aurthur, which the Japanese occupied during the Sino-Japanese War. Then Russia + Germany + France convinced Japan to give it up so Russia could build a rail line down for a warm water port. Then the Russo-Japanese War happened. I'm actually taking East Asian History class right now, so great timing! :) Also learning Russian, so that should come in handy! Хорошое видео! Большое спасибо! (Great video, thank you very much!) Edit: Also, really enjoyed the pictures from the "Russian" town in China! I would definitely want to go there!!!

[@laowhy86]

Thanks! I really hope to go to Russia one day!

[@damo7667]

fantastic, most interesting vid yet for me. thanks and keep up the good work!

[@laowhy86]

Thank you!

[@bobasaur42]

I came from the south, but I spent a great deal of time in the north as well. I definitely like the mentality and the lifestyle of the north. Now, I am in the New England, somewhat north lol.

[@halwag]

Ps. Harbin site of famous Snow&Ice festival (sculptured ice statues).

[@allyt.barnett6115]

Good job guys! I heard there are secret tunnels that Japanese built in the mountains in Tieling, if you want to check it out. Check out the 牛肉火烧 in Tieling, you won't find it anywhere else. and the beer festival is awesome.

[@thetshirtblog]

The translated Russian on the carnival booth at 2:55 is pretty hilarious! It literally reads, "throwing of ball, receiving of bear".

[@falbus7834]

GREAT STORIES! CAN'T WAIT TO SEE CONQUERING NORTHERN CHINA! PLEASE EXPLORE MORE STORIES LIKE THESE!

[@laowhy86]

Thanks!

[@vitalyandryushin9053]

C-milk I would love to travel with you guys in China. I’m from Russia but I’m US citizen. You guys are doing awesome videos and you got me hooked on China now))